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44. 6 Incredible Scammers You Need to Know

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 08:22 PM

Sep 2018

From New York Magazine's blog The Cut:

Maybe you’ve been feeling nostalgic for the Hipster Grifter and the Bling Ring. Maybe you’re a Ponzi-scheme enthusiast. Maybe you just really, really love lies. In any case, you’re in luck: In an unexpected twist, the hottest trend of the season is … grifting! Over the course of a mere month, we’ve been blessed with multiple fascinating stories about incredible con artists, swindlers, and scammers.

1. The Fake German Heiress
2. The Vogue Staffer
3. The Fake Saudi Prince
4. The Fake British Royal Wedding Expert
5. The Fake American High-School Student
6. Jill Stein

https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/6-incredible-scammer-and-grifter-stories.html

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Jill Stein is tweeting as frantically as DT is about the Russia investigation being a "distraction" [View all] ehrnst Sep 2018 OP

She's refusing to turn docs over to the Senate Intelligence Committee RandySF Sep 2018 #1

Not surprised. Not exactly the actions of someone who is innocent. ehrnst Sep 2018 #2

Hard to believe she wasn't an easy mark for Hortensis Sep 2018 #29

In situations like these... JHan Sep 2018 #53

Good explanation of what happens to those who Hortensis Sep 2018 #57

I like that.. JHan Sep 2018 #66

Think of the 50 million Americans now who are FAR more receptive to her and her boss Putin Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #5

It's nuts RandySF Sep 2018 #16

Ah, and no supeana for them? figures. I'm thinking the Russians are going to come to the uponit7771 Sep 2018 #6

. RandySF Sep 2018 #3

... ehrnst Sep 2018 #4

A lot of Americans "palling around" with a Russian intelligence operative! George II Sep 2018 #7

Explains Lindsey so well. DURHAM D Sep 2018 #8

Putin has something nasty on Lindsey leftieNanner Sep 2018 #10

Something happened at the 2016 GOP convention between Russians and GOP leadership. UCmeNdc Sep 2018 #73

Is it just me? Cracklin Charlie Sep 2018 #18

Wow - you're right there is certainly a resemblence! csziggy Sep 2018 #62

I really do find it odd... Cracklin Charlie Sep 2018 #65

I looked up a photo of Gorsuch from 2006 ehrnst Sep 2018 #68

Lindsay Graham Campaign Manager? Me. Sep 2018 #37

The original photo in a larger size is at csziggy Sep 2018 #72

Putin supported stein and a vote for stein was a vote for trump and putin Gothmog Sep 2018 #32

Ugh! I wish you hadn't posted that. SergeStorms Sep 2018 #47

Recount money has sure come in handy for legal fees and paying her staff. JHan Sep 2018 #9

+1 brer cat Sep 2018 #13

I donated $10 since I was doing everything possible to keep him from BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #22

6 Incredible Scammers You Need to Know lapucelle Sep 2018 #44

lol brer cat Sep 2018 #64

OUch JHan Sep 2018 #76

The list is so predicyable (fake heiress...fake expert) lapucelle Sep 2018 #79

Were the "Recount" funds Jilly hustled, ever accounted for? oasis Sep 2018 #11

Wouldn't it be just dandy leftieNanner Sep 2018 #12

Icing on the criminal conspiracy cake Pepsidog Sep 2018 #51

Who's the next Jill Stein? Crutchez_CuiBono Sep 2018 #14

Well, hell, she was part of the original operation thegoose Sep 2018 #15

What a f**king idiot. After what she did in 2016 by undermining, lying, and distorting not only still_one Sep 2018 #17

I wonder what Sarandon has to say about this. NurseJackie Sep 2018 #19

Strangely silent, isn't she... sheshe2 Sep 2018 #21

If she never utters another word in public, or on screen, I'll be THRILLED!! NurseJackie Sep 2018 #23

Lol sheshe2 Sep 2018 #25

Perhaps Her Lawyer Has Told Her To Keep Her Big Yapper Shut Me. Sep 2018 #38

The innocent, lawyer up? sheshe2 Sep 2018 #39

Maybe That's Why She Did That God Awful TV Movie Me. Sep 2018 #40

So quiet, you could hear a cotton ball drop. nt jrthin Sep 2018 #35

"I have to wonder what has her so antsy." sheshe2 Sep 2018 #20

She's Guilty and Mueller has her number miss-nasty Sep 2018 #24

"...the bipartisan consensus of endless war & global military domination." Scurrilous Sep 2018 #26

When some say "lock her up" paleotn Sep 2018 #27

Wonder lsewpershad Sep 2018 #28

She needs more Rubles, so has to show to Putin she is making an effort supporting his goals. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #30

Stein is following Putin's orders Gothmog Sep 2018 #31

Lock her up! Corgigal Sep 2018 #33

I'm not surprised by this, since the reveal of that photo of her at dinner with Putin & Flynn. Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #34

Jill Stein's Recount Cash Pays for Her Russia Legal Defense Cha Sep 2018 #36

She Doesn't Have Enough Money To Pay For All The Help She'll Need Me. Sep 2018 #43

I'd love to see that Lying Sociopath on the run.. Cha Sep 2018 #56

Better Yet Having To Board With That Pig Assange Me. Sep 2018 #58

Aloha Me! Cha Sep 2018 #59

... Me. Sep 2018 #60

Everyone forgot about that money! At least she HOPED they had. nt 7962 Sep 2018 #49

Doctor Stein should be a arrested for failing to register as a foreign agent. sarcasmo Sep 2018 #41

THIS. SunSeeker Sep 2018 #48

I'm starting to thing that "distraction" is the code word for...... George II Sep 2018 #42

It kinda reminds me of the virulent anti-gay preachers and politicians who end up being gay... NurseJackie Sep 2018 #50

jill stein is about as relevant as yesterdays bowel movement. nt elmac Sep 2018 #45

Go away Jill. Nobody gives a shit about you anymore. smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #46

She duped a lot of people. Tiggeroshii Sep 2018 #52

They shouldn't have ALLOWED THEMSELVES to be duped. Common sense said to not vote for her. LBM20 Sep 2018 #81

Back in 2012 lapucelle Sep 2018 #54

Was she also on the Russian take? liberal N proud Sep 2018 #55

What do the russians have on Jill Stein?! democratisphere Sep 2018 #61

It doesn't have to be kompromat. Dave Starsky Sep 2018 #69

Jill Stein sucks RhodeIslandOne Sep 2018 #63

To hell with her. LBM20 Sep 2018 #82

You'd think after helping elect the worst president in history she would have the decency to shut up D23MIURG23 Sep 2018 #67

I think she is a Russian tool, anyhow. MineralMan Sep 2018 #70

Maybe she's on the indictment list. It wouldn't surprise me. Vinca Sep 2018 #71

Jill Stein knows more about the Russians than she is telling. UCmeNdc Sep 2018 #74

Dinner With Flynn and Putin struggle4progress Sep 2018 #75

Why are so many being indicted, and charged, and now sentenced duforsure Sep 2018 #77

Eat Shit, Jill Stein. DinahMoeHum Sep 2018 #78

She's a NUT and anyone who voted for her helped give us Trump. Period! LBM20 Sep 2018 #80

This message was self-deleted by its author Frustratedlady Sep 2018 #83

omg, she is insanely shallow. A liar, fraud and a grifter. Trifecta! R B Garr Sep 2018 #84